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''Edward M. Cotter'' is a fireboat in use by the Buffalo Fire Department at Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally named ''William S. Grattan'', she was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. Due to age she was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed ''Firefighter'' upon her return to service. The following year she was renamed ''Edward M. Cotter''.〔 Her namesake, Edward Cotter, was a Buffalo firefighter and leader of the local firefighters union who had recently died. ''Edward M. Cotter'' is considered to be the oldest active fireboat in the world and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996. 〔 〕〔 and 〕 Along with her firefighting duties, during the winter ''Edward M. Cotter'' is used as an icebreaker on Buffalo's rivers. ''Edward M. Cotter'' mounts five fire monitors that are capable of pumping .〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=The World's largest Dyngus Day squirt gun )〕 She can often be seen sailing out of her berth and south-west to Lake Erie, returning north through the breakwall and firing her fire monitors. ==Construction== The ship that was to become ''Edward M. Cotter'' was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. She was originally named ''William S. Grattan'' after the first paid fire commissioner for the city of Buffalo.〔 〕Construction was started on March 24, 1900 and she was christened on September 5, 1900 by Virginia Pearson, the young daughter of one of the city's fire commissioners. The final construction cost for the ship was $91,000. The completed ship was in length, had a beam of , and drew . A -thick belt-line of Swedish steel was included around the hull for icebreaking duties. ''William S. Grattan'' was powered by two Babcock & Wilcox coal-fired boilers with steam engines rated at . 〔 (identified as ''William S. Gratton'')〕A single propeller provided propulsion. The rated speed of the ship was . The ship was also equipped with three double action steam pumps that supplied water at to the three fire monitors used for firefighting. Two of the fire monitors were mounted on the forward section of the ship and one was on the stern section. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward M. Cotter (fireboat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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